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2012 Macbook Pro Redesign

undies1993 said:
The the MBA would be okay but my 6 year old MB has better CPU.
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No it doesn't, clock speeds are pretty irrelevant these days. The MBA CPU is faster than MacBook Pro CPUs from only a few years ago, and massively faster than a MacBook CPU from 6 years ago.
 
undies1993 said:
I didn't know that. Why don't they give the specs by something rather than clock speeds then?
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If you surf the Apple store (when it's up), the MacBook Pros will typically have time clocks for certain tasks, and they compare them to the previous model.

The difference is in the efficiency of a processor. A single core processor with one thread running at 2.7 Ghz is fast, but a dual or quad core processor is much more efficient.

The best analogy I've heard for cores/threads in processors is it's like waiting in line to buy something with checkout lanes. Older processors would simply have one giant line with a really fast cashier on it. Newer processors spread out their workload, akin to opening up more checkout lanes. So while your older computer is pretty fast at checking out one person at a time, newer computers are perhaps slightly slower but they're getting multiple people through the line at the same time.

The analogy has some flaws of course, but I think you get the point. :)
 
Not to mention that with how fast technology progresses, you would expect a 6 year old processor to not even compare to a current one, even if it's a little lower clock speed.
 
might as well have considered this announcement at 12:30, opening talk is sooo boring.
 
Vexed said:
If you surf the Apple store (when it's up), the MacBook Pros will typically have time clocks for certain tasks, and they compare them to the previous model.

The difference is in the efficiency of a processor. A single core processor with one thread running at 2.7 Ghz is fast, but a dual or quad core processor is much more efficient.

The best analogy I've heard for cores/threads in processors is it's like waiting in line to buy something with checkout lanes. Older processors would simply have one giant line with a really fast cashier on it. Newer processors spread out their workload, akin to opening up more checkout lanes. So while your older computer is pretty fast at checking out one person at a time, newer computers are perhaps slightly slower but they're getting multiple people through the line at the same time.
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I thought there was something about multi core processors, thanks for the insight.
 
10:17 am "Really nice updates coming to each of them."

Hopefully this applies to the 13" as well:)
 
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